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The reports of age verification in Linux are greatly exaggerated, for now (www.osnews.com)
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[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You say "smart move that helps manage risk while having no real impact on anything", I say "foolishly craven gesture that demonstrates incompetent leadership while having no real impact on anything."

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Given that the incompetent leadership is here to stay it’s best to adjust to the situation and not make it worse. Moral victories mean very little compared to getting things done.